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Charmed, I’m Sure

Taken at the WCHS v Havelock HS mudfest on 4/14/08.

Final:  Lady Patriot booters 1     Havelock 0

Playoff Runs: ECHS and CHS Girls

As the spring sports season begins, the sound of gym music is still in the air. Both the girls basketball teams from ECHS and CHS made it into the second round of the playoffs.

ECHS won its conference championship, then defeated South Robeson in the opening round of the regionals. The ride ended in the second round against Union.

CHS won its conference championship, then defeated Orange and North Brunswick.

From the Daily News:

BROAD CREEK — After a hard-fought victory, it likely won’t get any easier for the Croatan girls basketball team. Ar’neka Montford tallied 22 points and the Cougars escaped North Brunswick for a 58-53 victory in the second round of the NCHSAA 2-A playoffs On Wednesday.

The Lady Cougars (26-1) will face First Flight in the 2A-East Sectional finals on Friday night at Croatan. Follow the Lady Cougars on the NCHSAA 2A East Bracket.

Year of the Dog

The middle school winter sports season is over and the Broad Creek Middle School Bulldogs have added two more championship pennants to their ‘07-’08 collection. They finished both the wrestling season and the girls basketball season with unblemished records.

Pamlico Middle took the boys basketball crown.

So far this year, the middle school sports champs are as follows:

• Football: Pamlico
• Girls Soccer: Morehead
• Volleyball: Broad Creek
• Boys Soccer: Broad Creek
• Wrestling: Broad Creek
• Boys Basketball: Pamlico
• Girls Basketball: Broad Creek

Middle school baseball, softball and girls golf is next on the agenda. Track follows. For posterity, scores and standings are chronicled on the athletics website.

Although the competition and victories are rewarding, interscholastic athletes offers five outcomes to all participants.  They are as follows:

• Learning
• Citizenship
• Sportsmanship
• Healthy Lifestyle
• Life Skills

Fundamentals of Coaching

On Monday Feb 18, fifty area coaches will convene at the Civic Center for a top-shelf workshop geared toward high school and middle school coaches.  It is the National Federation of High Schools’ “Fundamentals of Coaching” course.  The presenter is Mark Dreiblebis of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association.

This is not an X’s and O’s strategy session.  Rather, this course is about quality leadership . . . plain and simple.   The course components are as follows:

• Unit 1:   Educational Athletics and the Role of the Coach
• Unit 2:   The Coach as Manager
• Unit 3:   The Coach and Interpersonal Skills
• Unit 4:   The Coach and Physical Conditioning
• Unit 5:   The Coach as Teacher

This workshop is the second of three professional development opportunities this year designed to enhance the delivery of our school system’s interscholastic athletic mission.  The first event was held for 53 coaches on August 16-17.  It is chronicled on this blog under the heading “Physicality.”

The third event is for high school athletic directors.  It is the North Carolina Athletic Directors Association annual conference.  This year it will be held in Asheville on March16-19.  Attending the conference this year will be ECHS athletic directors Clinton Montford and George Burbella, Croatan Athletic Director David Perry, West Carteret Athletic Director Craig McClanahan and Robert Lancaster, and Carteret County Athletic Director Joe Poletti.

While there, the Athletic Directors will take foundation and leadership courses in the Athletic Leadership Training program.

The Story Continues: CHS Girls Hoops

Those watching the team evolve over the years  knew this year would be special.  True to the script, the Lady Cougars (20-1) have captured the regular season crown and advance into the conference tournament as the number one seed.

From the News-Times:

The 2007-2008 girls basketball season has been a special one for Croatan and Tuesday night’s final home contest was the icing on the proverbial cake when the lady Cougars defeated the South Lenoir Blue Devils 57-50.

“It was a terrific night,” said lady Cougar coach Steve Yount. “Especially for the seniors. They have done a lot for the girls basketball program here at Croatan, and to go and play well on Senior Night was terrific. ”

Croatan, improving to 20-1 overall, 12-1 in the East Central Conference, will be the No. 1 seed next week in the conference tournament hosted at East Duplin. 

High School Grapplers in Post-Season

Coach David Perry and his Croataon Cougar wrestlers turned in a stellar 23-1 season.  They lost in the semi-finals of the state duals championship to ultimate state champion Orange County High School.  The Cougars are hosting the individual 2A regionals, while the West Carteret Patriots travel to South Central for the 3A individual regionals.

The top finishers will advance to state individual competition.

Middle School Hoops Winding Down

With only one week to go in the middle school basketball season, we have two teams aiming to close it out with undefeated seasons.  The Pamlico boys are 10-0 and the Broad Creek girls are 10-0.

Morehead Middle boys and girls, each at 8-2, hold down second.  Broad Creek is battling Beaufort Middle for third place on the boys side.  The upstart Arapahoe Charter girls team is in a dogfight with Beaufort Middle on the girls side.

Follow the middle school schedules and standings at Carteret Athletics.

BCMS Adds Wrestling Hardware, BMS Serves Notice

Wrestling is a dynasty sport at Broad Creek Middle School.   The Bulldogs’ hard work on the mat has paid off again, as Coach Whitley and his troops have captured more gold to store in the BCMS trophy case.  The BCMS wrestlers have turned in four consecutive undefeated seasons.  They have won six conference titles in a row.

BMS wrestling coach Dale Boyd has kicked his program up a notch with a worthy second place finish in the league.

From a News-Times report:

Broad Creek dominated the competition during the regular season, winning its seven matches by a combined score of 476-45, including two shutouts.

However, Beaufort Middle School served noticed to all those in attendance at the tournament that Broad Creek is no longer the only big kid on the block in the Crystal Coast Athletic Conference.

Beaufort finished in second place at the championship meet with 173 points, which was 64 points behind the champion Bulldogs with 237.

The Chargers stormed out of the gates and took the first six championship finals matches with four of the matches coming against Bulldog wrestlers.

Sportsmanship Revisited

The NCAA Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct Committee (report.pdf) has developed and adopted the following definitions for sportsmanship and ethical conduct.

• “Sportsmanship” is a set of behaviors to be exhibited by student-athletes, coaches, game officials, administrators and fans in athletics competition. These behaviors are based on values, including respect, civility, fairness, honestly and responsibility.

• “Ethical conduct” is a set of guiding principles with which each person follows the letter and spirit of the rules. Such conduct reflects a higher standard than law because it includes, among other principles, fundamental values that define sportsmanship.

All schools who compete in interscholastic athletics would do well to revisit sportsmanship. Here is a timely kwout from the MCMS website.

The Story: Lady Cougars

Anybody who has watched this group of girls come along knows they have a special chemistry. With Coach Yount at the helm, the Lady Cougar hoop stars have come out of the gate 13-0. This Friday, they travel to South Lenoir for a clash of titans.

Here’s a News-Times snippet on their early success—

CLINTON — The Croatan girls basketball team continued its domination on the hardwood Friday night with another impressive victory. The lady Cougars crushed the lady Dark Horses 73-57 to remain undefeated on the season.

Croatan is now 13-0 overall, 5-0 in East Central play with nine more regular season games to go.

Clinton attempted to force Croatan to turn the ball over against a full-court press, but the lady Cougars easily defeated the pressure, scoring numerous easy baskets as a result and took a 40-25 lead into the half.

Four Croatan players managed to score in double figures during the contest. Ar’neka Montford led the way with a game-high 23 points, four rebounds and five steals. Megan Bridges added 15, while Chelsea McGowen had 11 and had five rebounds. Molly Lewis rounded out the quad of double-digit scoring players with 10 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots.

Postscript:  The Cougar Matmen are off to a 18-1 stellar start.   Combined, the Lady Cougars and Cougar Matmen are posting a chest-thumpin’ 31-1 record.